Curtain-pole.



No. 720,354. PAQTBNTED FEB. 10, 1903. W. A. HUNT & R. W. RUSSELL.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 10, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. HUNT AND ROBERT W. RUSSELL, OF NOBLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CU RTAlN-PO LE.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,354, dated February 10, 1903.

Application filed October 10, 1902. $erial no. 126,713. (No model.)

' l ings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtain-poles; and the primary object of the invention is to provide novel and effective means for support I ing the curtain without the aid of the ordinary rings and pins.

The invention has for its further object to provide means whereby the curtain may be fastened inside the pole, whereby the fastenzo ing means are entirely hidden from view when the curtain is in position.

Briefly described, our invention comprises a curtain-pole which is made in two sections, the sections being grooved or recessed in their matching faces to receive therein the securing-bar of especial shape, this securingbar coacting with the especial groove in one of the curtain-pole sections, whereby the curtain is securely bound between the securingbar and one of the sections of the curtainpole. We may employ fastening means for binding the sections firmlytogether at their center, or We may employ only fastening means at the ends of the pole, the latter be 3 5 ing preferably of a form which will serve as ornamental knobs for the ends of the pole.

In describing the invention in detail reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and

wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a detail perspective view of our improved curtain-pole, showing the curtains secured therein. Fig. 2 is a disassembled view of the pole. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the pole l and central fasteningmeans. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view through the pole, showing the curtain held therein. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bracket which may be conveniently used in connection with our improved pole. Fig. 6 is an end View of the same.

Our improved curtain-polecomprises in its construction two sections 1 and 2, the former of which is provided in its matching faces with a concave or semicircular recess 3 and the latter of which is likewise provided inits matching faces with a recess concave in form, but at its lower'edge extending down into the pole, as at 4, below the recess 3, whereby the elongated tongue 5 is formed throughout the length of the section'2. In'the bore which is provided throughout the pole by the recessinglof the matching faces thereof is placed a securing-bar 6, the face 7 of which when the curtain 8 isin position engaging the face of the groove 3. The securing-bar 6 is constructed with an elongated flange or heel 9 throughout its length, and the curtain is firmly bound between the said elongated flange or heel of the securing-bar and the wall of the groove in the section 2 and also between the heel 9 and the elongated tongue 5. The manner in which the curtain is held is more clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. It is the common practice with lace and other curtains composed of delicate fabrics to employ two curtains with each pole. To this end it is desirable to bind the pole together at the center, a convenient and preferable mode of doing this being by providing the bolt 11, having a head on one end and a nut 12 on the other. This bolt is passed through the aperture provided therefor in the sections 1 and 2 and in the securing strip or bar 6, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. When the sections of the pole, together with the securing strip or bar, have been placed together with the curtain therein, we fasten the same at the ends by sleeves 14, preferably provided with ornamental knobs 15. The curtain is placed in the section 2 of the pole and the securingstrip placed against the curtain in the manner shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and the section 1 then placed against the section 2 and securing-bar, as seen in Fig. 4, when the sleeves are placed on the ends of the pole to bind the same together. In connection with a curtain-pole of this type We have preferably employed in practice a supporting-bracket, (shown in Figs. 5 and 6,) this bracket consisting of a plate or bar 16, carrying supportingbrackets 17, having eyes 18, and hooks may be provided in the window-frame (not shown) to receive these eyes 18, and the pole may thus be removed from the supporting-bracket Without removing the latter from the windowframe. WVhere a single curtain is employed in the pole, it will of course be evident that the central fastening means may be dispensed with in case the curtain is made of a material which would be damaged by the employment of the fastening passing through the same.

Having fully described our invention,what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A curtain-pole formed in two sections, grooves on their matching faces to form a bore extending through the pole from end to end, one of said sections having an elongated upwardly-extending tongue, and a securingbar adapted to lie in the bore of the pole and having an elongated heel at its lower edge,

between which and the elongated tongue of the one section the curtain is firmly bound and held, substantially as described.

2. A curtain-pole comprising two sections adapted to match together and provided on 

